{"id":101420,"date":"2025-06-02T18:57:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T22:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=101420"},"modified":"2025-06-02T18:57:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T22:57:27","slug":"blue-jays-trey-yesavage-high-a-promotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/06\/02\/blue-jays-trey-yesavage-high-a-promotion\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays Prospect Yesavage Excelling with Dominant Form in High-A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto Blue Jays&#8217; No. 2 prospect according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/milb\/prospects\/bluejays\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MiLB Pipeline<\/a>, Trey Yesavage has shown his dominance, earning him a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/04\/25\/blue-jays-prospect-trey-yesavage-deserves-early-promotion\/\" target=\"_self\">promotion<\/a> to High-A. In that time, he&#8217;s shown himself to be an exciting prospect who is inching closer to his MLB debut with the Blue Jays.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, the 21-year-old is making solid strides in climbing up the ladder in the Blue Jays system. He&#8217;s joined <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/05\/08\/blue-jays-top-four-prospects\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Arjun Nimmala<\/a> in High-A and they are currently the team&#8217;s top two prospects who will be making their debuts in the big leagues within the next few years.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trey Yesavage (TOR) struck out 12 across 5.0 IP as he leaned on his fastball\/cutter combo to stifle batters. He now holds a 43.3 K%<\/p>\n<p>He is due for a promotion! <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dL7ff4uu8w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/dL7ff4uu8w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Thomas Nestico (@TJStats) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TJStats\/status\/1922633039584125070?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Blue Jays Prospect Trey Yesavage Lighting It Up Amid Promotion<\/h2>\n<p>Across Dunedin Single-A and High-A, Yesavage is sporting a 3-0 record with a 2.17 ERA across 45 2\/3 innings with 79 strikeouts. Talk about impressive for such a young starter who is coming into his dominant form. His major league ETA is sometime in the 2026 season. His dominant pitching is making him a huge success story in the minors. However, even before his promotion, he showed himself to be the real deal.<\/p>\n<p>His dominance demonstrates how the Blue Jays farm system compared to other teams is vastly underrated. It also includes guys such as Peyton Williams, aka &#8220;The Iowa Meat Truck&#8221; as well as Nimmala, and Yohendrick Pinango in Double-A. Pinango is tearing it up and could likely be getting a promotion this season as well.<\/p>\n<h3>Analyzing His Pitching Arsenal<\/h3>\n<div class=\"WaaZC\">\n<div class=\"RJPOee EIJn2\">\n<div class=\"rPeykc\" data-hveid=\"CAQQAQ\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjD1MSg4tKNAxW_v4kEHW2BBK4Qo_EKegQIBBAB\"><span data-huuid=\"3191438762913436086\">Yesavage&#8217;s impressive pitching arsenal and physical build speak to the Blue Jays&#8217; development program. <\/span><span data-huuid=\"3191438762913436975\">He&#8217;s been recognized for his elite fastball that possesses a good carry, as well as his capability to effectively generate whiffs with his slider and splitter. <\/span><span data-huuid=\"3191438762913437864\">His cannon of an arm and young age also add to his upside potential.<span class=\"pjBG2e\" data-cid=\"0b7220bb-a6cc-47c2-b34e-ae867eb18858\"><span class=\"UV3uM\"> His fastball can top at 95 mph when it is paired with a strong slider and splitter. The up-and-coming rookie is 6-foot-4, and 225 pounds.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div data-hveid=\"CAQQAQ\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjD1MSg4tKNAxW_v4kEHW2BBK4Qo_EKegQIBBAB\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"rPeykc\" data-hveid=\"CAQQAQ\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjD1MSg4tKNAxW_v4kEHW2BBK4Qo_EKegQIBBAB\"><span data-huuid=\"3191438762913437864\"><span class=\"pjBG2e\" data-cid=\"0b7220bb-a6cc-47c2-b34e-ae867eb18858\"><span class=\"UV3uM\">His build gives him an intimidating mound presence and also indicates that he can take on a significant workload. When he is ready to pitch in the big leagues, Blue Jays fans will have all eyes on him. The Blue Jays need starters who can handle high-leverage workloads, which he is already showcasing. A Yesavage promotion was inevitable considering his solid pitching skills and tools.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 data-hveid=\"CAQQAQ\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjD1MSg4tKNAxW_v4kEHW2BBK4Qo_EKegQIBBAB\">The Last Word With Yesavage<\/h3>\n<div class=\"WaaZC\">\n<div class=\"RJPOee EIJn2\">\n<div class=\"zMgcWd dSKvsb\" data-il=\"\">\n<div data-crb-p=\"\">\n<div class=\"xFTqob\">\n<div class=\"vM0jzc\"><span data-huuid=\"12520775400872031853\">Yesavage is projected to be called up to the big leagues next year. All in all, this will enhance their rotation, as <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/05\/21\/blue-jays-starter-dominant-force\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Chris Bassitt<\/a> and Max Scherzer will likely no longer be on the Blue Jays roster following free agency. They need an ace in their rotation, which is something they currently lack. Yesavage could be a young rookie ace and do a lot of damage in the rotation next season. It will be invigorating to see how he develops in the big leagues. Nonetheless, the hype with him is off the charts. <span class=\"pjBG2e\" data-cid=\"b54185d6-ecc1-4952-915d-d2c06a6e2daa\"><span class=\"UV3uM\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto Blue Jays&#8217; No. 2 prospect according to MiLB Pipeline, Trey Yesavage has shown his dominance, earning him a promotion to High-A. In that time, he&#8217;s shown himself to be an exciting prospect who is inching closer to his MLB debut with the Blue Jays. Unsurprisingly, the 21-year-old is making solid strides in climbing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4831,"featured_media":101472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,926],"tags":[6409,4223,79,1308,28636],"class_list":["post-101420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bluejays","category-milb","tag-arjun-nimmala","tag-chris-bassitt","tag-max-scherzer","tag-mlb-prospects","tag-trey-yesavage"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4831"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101420"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101473,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101420\/revisions\/101473"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}